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OK, well I admit that I'm not so sure I want to wear this style out in public myself (yet, at least): but, thought I'd experiment a bit with hair sticks combined with a hair tie (which is how I usually bun my hair).
At least I can say it's, "practical" (lol)....
- Ken
Love those streaks of colour Ken! Thanks for posting.
Regards Dave
the title of my reply had nothing to do with you, the subject or your hair Ken!! LOL!
Neither does my title have anything to do with my reply to you, either (lol)!!
;-)
From Martha Stewart's newest unpublished (and unautorized) book:
"I like to make elegant use of raodkill, whenever I am lucky enough to come across it. Here is a simple recipe from a Guatamalan housewife living in Borneo, which was sent to me on a cheap post card while I was still living in my prison cell. I have adjusted it to make it more palatable to my snobby American taste buds; but the essence of its simple 3rd World flavor remains unaltered. Feeds a modest wedding party of 250....
INGRDEIENTS:
1 roadkill (possum, squirrel, or turtle acceptable substitutes for otters)
a large crate of fresh tomatoes (preferably flown in from Guatemala)
1 flat of fresh jalapeno peppers
70 - 80 red onions
50 large heads of fresh garlic
enough limes gathered in from a lime tree orchard to make 10 party guests look pregnant if wearing the limes under their shirts
PREPARATION:
Peel, remove seeds, and chop all the above vegetables in a HUGE food processor, ending with squeezing all of the limes into the mixture in a large, antique claw's foot bathtub. Omit the roadkill, as it has probably been aged in the sun too long and tenderized by too many truck drivers. Serve in the bathtub, along with corn chips for dipping, --- and call it, "Salsa" instead!
- Ken
Priceless LOL!!
Hahaha!
You forgot to include her tag line, "It's a good thing."
Bill
Big Brother is watching us eh?
OK, for all you freaks who have endurred the infamous awkward stages and have maybe made it even a little beyond, here are my favorite "hair accesries", --- as well as secret aides to prop me up from one bad hair day to the next! Going from left to right, here are the items on my bathroom window shelf:
- Aloe Vera 98% Moisturizing gel, made by "JASON" (I only occasionally use this on my hair; but when I do, it replaces regular hair gel for me)
- Jojoba Oil (100% pure), made by "Desert Essence" (which I apply to the ends of my hair, when either damp or dry, --- helps prevent split ends, and just generally keeps the lower portion of my hair in good condition
- Royal Kukui Nut Oil (100% pure), made by "Aztec Secret"... which I use for the same purpose as stated above, under Jojoba
- my wooden bristle brush (which I will someday add a boar's bristle brush to my arsenal as well)
- 3 different types of wooden hair sticks: a strait one (because I am an open-minded gay); a curved one (because I am rather, "bent" myself); and a two-pronged one (just for, "diversity" - lol)
- Oh! I almost forgot... there's a hair tie also in the pic somewhere, --- which is what I use more often than any of those other things combined...
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And now, back to our regular scheduled program.....
- Ken
Ken, where do you buy jojoba oil? I was looking for it with the shampoos and conditioners at general stores but I couldnt find it. Do you go to a body shop or order online or....?
thanks
D
rofl mate we have the exact same jojoba oil! same brand/bottle etc.
I like it and I would wear it in a heartbeat, but it looks complicated as hell.
jeffrey.
Hi Jeffrey,
Actually, it is not one bit complicated... The first time I did it, I just, "wung it" like anybody else would! I've done hair-tie buns for years now; just adding in the wooden hair sticks is new to me, --- it all turns out different-looking every time!
A friend of mine made a spontaneous video of me making a "butch bun" (lol). We met up at our local Farmer's Market totally by accident earlier in the summer, and she just happened to have her vidoe recorder with her. If I ever end up joining You-tube, I'll try to figure out how to share that little DVD snippette. It's more goofy than it is truly "instructional"; but, hey, we had fun!
In the meantime, here's some written directions on how to make a butch bun:
1) comb or gather all your mane back (as if about to make a simple ponytail).
2) twist your mane around and around and around and around, --- just as if you wanted it to look like a Midwest tornado about to strike land!
3) now twist that tornado around and around and around and.... until you can make sort-of a little "cinnamon bun" in the back of your head.
4) grab a hairtie, and put it around once, then twice, --- any old way you can manage this is just fine!
5) adjust for comfort as needed... if it doesn't look good the 1st time, just undo it and try it again
6) optional hair stick can go in at this point (which just adds extra security of staying in-place, and/or adds extra interest (or, in my case, goofiness)!
7) wear out in public at your own risk!!!
Hope this helps!
- Ken
Thanks a bunch! That helps a great deal. I'll try it soon.
I think that the bun thing looks really different and refreshing, for lack of better words. I usually only go to gay clubs, so I doubt there would be any problem with a bun, besides, a lot of the guys where I go cross-dress, however, I would have some reservations about wearing a bun in a honky-tonk, that probably wouldn't be a good idea.
I'll post a pic when I get the technique down.
jeffrey.
Lookin' good, Ken. I just got back from an 11 mile [estimate] hike around Santa Barbara and I need something to secure my buns! ;)
When I get back home [currently on a business trip] I'll get some update pics together. It's been way too long since the last one.
--Rick
Oh I don't know Ken with the right hat and the right dress
you could pull it off. Do they not call you Grandma Peaches
after all?
LOL
I agree practical yes, and if you wear it out then let us know
how it goes.
Kevin
Hi Ken,
I think the style looks great, and original as well. In fact, I have wanted to try a bun of my own someday, and have not been sure where to find the right type of hair sticks that are suitable for guys. Also, I think my hair needs to be longer before I could try a bun. I think buns would be a great way to protect hair in windy condtions, and could work at night during sleeping as well. I remember the bun that Gollan wore for sleeping, which he posted on his website.
All the best,
David
Looks just great, Grandma Peaches! ;-)
Carol
Hi Ken! Well you are more experimental than I am with all the hair sticks and such that you use as I'm pretty much a ponytailer band user exclusively. I would someday like to be more adventurous with my hair but braiding,buns,etc I have no clue on how to do them properly.Also I like all those WMDs lined up on your bathroom ledge.I give you credit as you are certainly prepared for any hair emergency!Mark
Wow Ken. That is really neat! It is actually artistic and looks great to me.
Justin~
I agree, It really does seem practical. I like how it looks on you
Nice highlights!
Ken,
Go for it!
Of course I am twice your age, which gives me some credits, but here in Asheville, NC, no one ever raises an eyebrow. I do not like pony tails, so always ware my hair in a bun with sticks I have devised and dyed made of small barbacue sticks, cut short, and even tooth picks. I also wear celtic clasps with the new French technology widely available, which I put in upside down, fold upward and anchor with pins letting my hair fall over the clasp, when it is neat and curly. And recently I have discovered twisting my trail slightly, and folding the ends underneath, while fastening with the celtic clasps, I produce a look that some one say is feminine, but I get nothing but positive feedback.
I am a computer luddite, and have some photos to post, but can't make them go. I have some friends coming to my rescue and before the summer has closed I will post pictures of my adventures.
To my distress, no one ever says I should cut my hair. I miss this gelegenheit of confrontation. O Contraire! Here in this pocket of almost sanity in the John et Elizabeth Edwards island in the reactionary south, we experience a great degree of personal freedom and lots of handsome men with long hair.
Once NC was called the valley of humiliation between two mountains of conceit. Now, we tend to be considered the mountain of progress between two plains of reaction. Virginia is held above the high water because of the DC burbs.
Cal